Bitcoin Pizza Day: CZ Changpeng Zhao Personally Cooks Pizza at Mister Pizza as PizzaDAO Hosts 100 Parties

Every year on May 22 the cryptocurrency community marks Bitcoin Pizza Day. The occasion stems from a landmark event for the industry, when in 2010 programmer Laszlo Hanyecz purchased two Papa John’s pizzas for 10,000 BTC.

As of writing they are worth more than $294 million. Today for that money you could buy two Picasso “Young Girl with a Flower Basket” paintings ($115 million) or six original copies of the United States Constitution ($43.2 million).

The Bitcoin pizza is worth $294,756,033 today. (+0.98% from yesterday) Today is Bitcoin pizza day!

— Bitcoin Pizza ? (@bitcoin_pizza) May 22, 2022

PizzaDAO decided to host 100 parties in 75 countries, including the United States, Argentina, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Japan. The decentralised autonomous organisation also released an NFT collection, Rare Pizza, dedicated to the milestone day.

代官山で #BitcoinPizzaDay ??@Pizza_DAO pic.twitter.com/5PMULNXaln

— Takara@kiz77.eth (@kiz77_eth) May 22, 2022

On the eve of Bitcoin Pizza Day, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance hosted a themed event in Cannes. The company’s CEO Changpeng Zhao attended — he personally cooked pizza for visitors at Mister Pizza.

Thanks to Mister Pizza for letting us use the shop, and teaching me how to make the pizza. pic.twitter.com/Dbe5AQBB2d

— CZ ? Binance (@cz_binance) May 20, 2022

Binance also launched a competition, in which it will award five users a ‘year’s supply of free pizza’ ($2,000 in BNB). The winners will be announced on May 29.

KuCoin is running a contest for $500 in USDT. Users were invited to tell the story of their first real-world purchase using cryptocurrency.

? $500 GIVEAWAY ?#BitcoinPizzaDay is coming. Let’s start the celebration! ???

✅ Follow @kucoincom
✅ Comment the story of your first «real world» purchase using #crypto
✅ Retweet & tag 3 friends to join

? 10 winners will each receive 50 $USDT! pic.twitter.com/1DV3cy0V4t

— KUCOIN (@kucoincom) May 20, 2022

Huobi platform announced that it would distribute 1 BTC among 100 winners who buy a pizza with Dogecoin (DOGE).

Happy #HuobiPizzaDay

12 yrs ago Laszlo bought 2 pizzas?w/ 10,000 #BTC

12 yrs later, who will be the 1st one to buy a Pizza?with $DOGE?

? 100 WINNERS share 1 BTC

✅Take a photo of the pizza you bought w/ DOGE, RT+ @HuobiGlobal
✅@elonmusk to eat the pizza together
Fill in?

— Huobi (@HuobiGlobal) May 19, 2022

In May 2020, Laszlo Hanyecz said he had actually spent far more than 10,000 BTC on pizzas.

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